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Fedora 27 : qutebrowser (2018-fa19f76ac5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110915

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes an XSS vulnerability on the qute://history page (:history).

The vulnerability allowed websites to inject HTML into the page via a crafted title tag. This could allow them to steal your browsing history.

It also ships some minor fixes not worth mentioning.

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Solution

Update the affected qutebrowser package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-fa19f76ac5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110915

File Name: fedora_2018-fa19f76ac5.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/5/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:qutebrowser

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2018

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